Italy

Valid from 3.4.2024

Are you travelling to Italy?

Take advantage of a comfortable connection to Italy with one transfer in Vienna or in direct sleeper carriages to Milan, Genoa or San Remo with the option to board in Bohumín or Břeclav.

Where and how to purchase a ticket?

at an international ticket counter

Via Vienna to Venice, Florence, and Rome

The best way to reach other Italian cities is with a transfer in Vienna, where night trains of the nightjet category travel to many renowned tourist destinations.

The train travel options can be found using the connection search engine.

Cost to Italy

For trips to Italy, we recommend purchasing an InterRail Pass.

Basic Information

area … 301,338 km²
capital city ... Rome (Roma)
population ... 59.7 million
highest point … Mont Blanc, 4,810 m above sea level
length of the railway network ... 24,227 km

Main railway carriers:

FS - Trenitalia SpA (Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane)
NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori)
TN (Trenord)

Italy, lying mainly on the Apennine Peninsula and neighbouring with France, Austria and Slovenia on the mainland, is one of the most populous countries in Europe. It is considered one of the cradles of European culture and is sought after by tourists mainly for its monuments, into which the development of modern civilisation has been imprinted.

Rome

It is of course impossible to skip Rome, also called the Eternal City. You can feel the breath of history in every step you take – from the walls of the almost two-thousand-year-old Colosseum, from the ruins of the centre of the Roman Empire called Forum Romanum, from the countless historic churches and from the refreshing air around the city’s famed fountains.

Venice

The city which blurs the difference between land and sea is another of Italy’s most common tourist destinations. A unique world of gondolas, canals and houses on wooden stilts enchants every visitor. You can take a ride on a canal either by gondola or using some kind of water bus, for example to St Mark’s Square with the eponymous basilica, or to the railway station.

Naples

The centre of Campania, lying beneath the Vesuvius volcano, is another of Italy’s gems. It is worth visiting, for example, the medieval castle Castel Nuovo, the Spanish quarter and any of the many churches here. You will be able to verify whether the old proverb “see Naples and die” still applies.